Reddit Racists Cheer News Their Subreddit Won't Be Banned

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Reddit Racists Cheer News Their Subreddit Won't Be Banned

Reddit is home to some of the most hateful content on the Internet, but at least some of it appears to be here to stay. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said during an AMA on the site today that the company would ban communities that “incite harm or violence against an individual or group of people,” as well as any subreddit that “harasses, bullies, or abuses an individual or group of people.”

But he did call out a specific racist subreddit by name—a name so offensive that we won't repeat it here—as an example of the kind of content that would remain, though likely under a new classification—an assurance that brought cheers from the subreddit's members.

At one point during the conversation, a Reddit user asked Huffman, "How much of the push toward removing ‘ugly’ elements of Reddit comes from the motivation to monetize Reddit?" Huffman responded: "Zero."